Lee Johnson has given a lengthy Bristol City injury update ahead of the Sheffield Wednesday game this weekend in the Sky Bet Championship.

Nathan Baker is the biggest concern for the home game at Ashton Gate against the Owls, with the defender rated at 50/50 as City go in search of their first win since January.

The former Aston Villa player, who has been superb for City since moving to the club during the summer, has not trained this week after Sunday’s defeat to Cardiff City where he took a blow to the head and picked up a hamstring injury.

Nathan Baker of Bristol City receives treatment after taking a knock against Cardiff City

"Baker hasn’t trained. He’s had a scan so we’ll have to see how he is. He’ll have a fitness scan on Friday so I would rate him as 50/50 [to play on Saturday],” Johnson told the club.

The fitness of record signing Famara Diedhiou is also is also unclear as revealed by Johnson.

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"Diédhiou is alright. Sometimes the joint opens up if he’s tackled or hits a shot and it takes him 10/15 minutes to recover. This does happen with medial knee ligament injuries; in the cold they stiffen up,” said the head coach.

He added: "We have a few players which have been carrying things recently and I saw that in the Cardiff game. So I need to pick a team on Saturday that has that Fulham-like ability."

Eros Pisano (Image: Rogan Thomson/JMP)

Johnson also gave a more positive outlook on the injury front in regards to Eros Pisano.

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"Eros has been training for ten days but the British weather has prevented him playing in the last two U23s games,” Johnson said.

“They have been cancelled and we didn’t play him against Cheltenham (a behind-closed-doors friendly) in the week because it was played on synthetic fibre. We didn’t feel it was right. He came through 11v11 in training today [Thursday]."

Milan Djuric

Johnson went on to say: “Milan is back in training though, as is Jens Hegeler (knee) so that’s a positive.

"Only Callum O’Dowda (ankle) and Matty Taylor (hernia) are left on the treatment table. These players are not at their peak yet but they never know, they could be coming on and scoring the winner in our last few games."